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Praise from the Boss

Nothing?feels better at work than your boss turning to you and saying, ?Good job, by the way.? Those that are employees, that report to a higher authority, be it a CEO or Supervisor, understand exactly what I mean. Those who report to themselves, running their?own?business, know how it feels when a client says,??Thank you??or refers a potential client to your services.

It is a great feeling to know you are appreciated or that your?work matters.?We spend so much of our day trying to complete projects or merely fighting to get a simple response that it sometimes feels like our wheels just spin, throwing mud everywhere, but still gaining no traction. ?Going nowhere fast.

A good example

When I was seventeen, I worked for a home-based business. I loved my job, I loved accomplishing tasks that I was assigned and I loved seeing the finished work pile up. My boss was a busy woman who started her own business and never stopped working,?ever.? To this day, having passed her 76th birthday, she still works. She enjoys it, she likes to feel like she contributes. I don?t foresee anytime in her near future that she would stop working; it is just important to her. I spent some time with her not too long ago, back in Indiana and it seems that she still runs circles around me.

Nothing pleased me more than when she admired my work or when she expressed gratitude for a job well done. ?Each of us needs that,?every single one of us,we need to feel that what we provide, what we have shared, the part of us we have given is/was worthwhile, that it meant something to someone.

A Different example

And then there have been?other?bosses or co-workers. ?Those who?rarely?say thank you, those who micromanage ? and not in a good way, those who leave you wondering if you did it right or if you would still have a job the next day. It is a horrible feeling to question every evening as you drive home whether or not you want to drive back the next day.

Where are you?

Whatever side you see yourself on, perhaps you are the boss, perhaps you are the decision maker for your department, maybe you are a co-worker who sees someone else contribute beyond expectations, maybe you are that employee? Whether you have one direct report or twenty, whether you work in a department of one or 500, how do you maintain work satisfaction? How do you exhibit appreciation? Does gratitude cling to your requests or are you eager to order then watch and wait ? looking for a slip-up, a mistake on which you can pounce? ?You weren?t always the boss or supervisor. You weren?t always the decision maker. You may have carried a heavy load or walked up a long and difficult path to get to where you are. You aren?t the only one.
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Last week, my boss turned to me, lifted a glass and said, ?Good job!? ?He is good at it, he has said it before and yet it still catches me by surprise and warms the cockles of my sometimes broken heart. ?I smile when I remember his thank you?s and often think how lucky I am to love my work and be proud of our company, what we provide, and what we are accomplishing ? every single day.

It isn?t that hard

It?s a small thing, you know and a fairly simple way to build loyalty. Pride often breaks loyalty, crushing the traces that ignite the fires of retention. What?s it worth to you? A pat on the back, metaphorical or otherwise, a simple thank you is a pretty small price to pay.

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Article by Rayanne Thorn

Rayanne Thorn,?@ray_anne?is the VP of Communications and Branding for?Evenbase.? She is also a proud?mother of?four,?happily engaged to Tom, residing in Laguna Beach, California, and a daily contributor for Blogging4Jobs. ?Connect with her on?LinkedIn.??

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